3
He extended the glory of his people. Like a giant he put on his breastplate; he girded on his armor of war and waged battles, protecting the host by his sword.
4
He was like a lion in his deeds, like a lion's cub roaring for prey.
5
He searched out and pursued the lawless; he burned those who troubled his people.
6
Lawless men shrank back for fear of him; all the evildoers were confounded; and deliverance prospered by his hand.
7
He embittered many kings, but he made Jacob glad by his deeds, and his memory is blessed for ever.
8
He went through the cities of Judah; he destroyed the ungodly out of the land; thus he turned away wrath from Israel.
9
He was renowned to the ends of the earth; he gathered in those who were perishing.
10
But Apollonius gathered together Gentiles and a large force from Samaria to fight against Israel.
11
When Judas learned of it, he went out to meet him, and he defeated and killed him. Many were wounded and fell, and the rest fled.
12
Then they seized their spoils; and Judas took the sword of Apollonius, and used it in battle the rest of his life.
13
Now when Seron, the commander of the Syrian army, heard that Judas had gathered a large company, including a body of faithful men who stayed with him and went out to battle,